Leonie

Where Leonie comes from

From French Léonie, from Latin Leonia, feminine of Leonius, derived from leo (“lion”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Leonie
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #547 among girls — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #540
    17 babies named Leonie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1991
    Leonie Benesch born
    German actress
  5. 1992
    Leonie Maier born
    German footballer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Leonie Benesch · German actress, born 1991
  • Leonie Maier · German footballer, born 1992
  • Leonie Swann · German writer, born 1975
  • Leonie Rysanek · (1926-1998) opera singer, 1926–1998
  • Leonie Ossowski · German screenwriter and writer, 1925–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.